BOSTON, Dec. 12. The most important event in the history of the Hoosie Tunnel took place today. The heading from the central shaft met and effected a junction with the heading from the east end ...

One of the worst casualties occurred in October 1867 in the tunnel’s central shaft. As the miners dug ... connecting the east and west sides of the Hoosac Tunnel was finally done on ...

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Construction of the Hoosac Tunnel claimed the lives of 195 workers ... According to local historian Paul Marino, the Central Shaft, through which men and supplies were lowered to the central ...

About the Hoosac Tunnel and Central Shaft, there's always been stories. There's a lot still going on and there will be more to continue until long after we're gone." There is already a memorial in ...

On Thanksgiving Day in 1874, the last 16 feet of solid rock was blasted away to link the two sections of the Hoosac Tunnel that had been started on opposite Skip to main content You ...

The Hoosac Tunnel was first envisioned in 1819 as a ... The biggest accident though, happened in 1867 when the hoist in the central shaft caught fire and collapsed, trapping and killing 13 men.

“But, with the Hoosac Tunnel, if you can’t go in the tunnel ... On Oct. 17, 1867, an accident at the Central Shaft — a vertical ventilation shaft into the tunnel below — claimed the lives of 13 ...

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Jerry Kelley, a Hoosac Tunnel historian, brought a scaled model of the central shaft to display at the dedication. He said he constructed the model using the original prints as a guide.

Jerry Kelley, a Hoosac Tunnel historian, brought a scaled model of the central shaft to display at the dedication. He said he constructed the model using the original prints as a guide.

Construction of the Hoosac Tunnel claimed the lives of 195 workers ... According to local historian Paul Marino, the Central Shaft, through which men and supplies were lowered to the central ...